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Hi. It looks like you may be trying to remove the Teahouse talkback template. It's above this line and says {{WP:Teahouse/Teahouse_talkback...}} with various stuff at "...". Remove the whole thing. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:04, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the barnstar(s). I got it twice near the bottom of User talk:PrimeHunter. If you suspect you don't see the current version of a page then try to bypass your cache. You can see which edits you have made by clicking "My contributions" at the top of any page. Templates can be difficult for new users. The Teahouse talkpage template is only meant to be used by editors who answer questions and not those who post them. Its use is explained at WP:Teahouse/Teahouse_talkback. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:30, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit conflicts are annoying. Your work will be somewhere in a box on the edit conflict page but not saved. I usually copy-paste it to a new edit. I have posted Template:Welcome above. It has some links about Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:17, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Cocolacoste. I saw your question at the Teahouse. When I started out on Wikipedia, I found a page of Fun stuff in Pluma's adoption pages. Check it out for some ideas on building your userpage. Look at some other userpages using the Edit tab. Your friend PrimeHunter is very minimal; mine is a bit more robust; Worm^TT(talk) is pretty darn fancy. An important point: Please add language userboxs. When added, you are automagically added to a list of those skilled in languages who might be able to verify sources in languages other than English, to help editors and so on. That works even if you leave out the {{babel| and just indicate languages with {{User es-4}} if your Spanish skill is "near-native level - although it's not your first language from birth, your ability is something like that of a native speaker." Putting some other userboxes on your page will add you to lists. On my page, adding the userbox for Wikiproject Birds automagically added me as a member of that project and adding the box that says I retired from the US Army added me to Category: Military People. Reveal as little or as much as you choose; it's up to you. Take care and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ · cont) Join WER 16:46, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To which you replied: Thanks a million for the kind suggestions you've made. Thing is, try as I might, I can't add any user templates to my talkpage. I hope to work this out in a no so distant future. I'm particularly interested in adding the language-related ones, since my aim on Wikipedia is just buzzing over the articles in search for typos, misspellings and tacky grammar, both in English and Spanish that is, by the way, my native tongue! PS, don't be mean and restrain from slagging poor ol' PrimeHunter -he's been a hell of a help so far. --Cocolacoste 18:04, 5 October 2012 (UTC) — — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocolacoste (talk • contribs) <-Don't forget to sign with four tildes ( ~~~~ ). (A bot and some real people editors will annoy you until it becomes a habit.

To add a userbox, just copy the template, like {{Template:User wikiessmall}} and place it on your page while in edit mode, then click 'Preview' to see how it looks. You may have to clear your cache to see the change after saving it. Preview accurately shows how the change will look after you save it.

Contribuyo en la Wikipedia en español.

The Userbox page describes various ways to move userboxes around your page: centered or right rather than the default left margin. I edited your userpage a bit as a demonstration although editing another person's userpage is definitely not acceptable. I hope you don't mind. Do edit your userpage to make it yours rather than my demo' of an easy way to line up a series of userboxes. Hope this helps. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ · cont) Join WER 21:08, 5 October 2012 (UTC) PS: Reply here if you want to continue our conversation. I'll watch your talk page for a few days.[reply]

Hi, again. Your note in my talk page ended,

"Take care,

Cocolacoste 01:09, 6 October 2012 (UTC) --Cocolacoste 01:09, 6 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cocolacoste (talk • contribs)

I think I see the problem (but can't look inside your preferences to be sure). In your 'My preferences' under Signature, uncheck the box next to Treat the above as wiki markup. That will make Cocolacoste a nickname and the four tildes will correctly add a full signature linked to your userpage and talk page.

The full wiki-markup to make my signature is [[User:Doctree|<b>DocTree</b>]] ([[User talk:Doctree|ʞlɐʇ]] · [[Special:Contributions/Doctree|cont]]) [[WP:WER|Join WER]]. You might try experimenting with wiki-markup for your signature. Try cutting the following code and pasting it into your preferences as your signature, then check the box to use it as wiki-markup and try it out.

[[User:Cocolacoste|<b>Cocolacoste</b>]] [[User talk:Cocolacoste|^Talk]]

That will make your signature look like this -> Cocolacoste ^Talk (except that the word Talk won't be as dark; the wikilink turns dark blue because the code recognizes that it is on the talk page to which the link points.)

So either create a complete wiki-markup signature with links to your page and talk page or uncheck the box. That will prevent an annoying wikibot adding any more comments when you sign your talk page entries. I hope my explanation makes sense. I've done it for so long that it's automatic to me. Take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ · cont) Join WER 03:28, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My new apt doesn't allow physical pets, so I especially appreciate the virtual variety. :) - J-Mo ^{Talk to Me} _{Email Me} 21:10, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey, Cocolacoste. Please help contribute to my WikiProject. This WikiProject is about different cultures. If you can take some time and help contribute to it, that would be very nice of you. I am starting this project this week and would like to finish by next week. Please help me with this project. Thank you very much. Please answer on my talk page because I might not be able to keep track of who is contributing and who is not. I would like you to also share your culture. If you can give me a little summary about your culture such as, foods, lifestlye, holidays, traditions, e.t.c, that would be extremely helpful. Thank you. So if you would wish to contribute, please reply on MY talk page. Happy edits! Have a great day! Please answer on my talk page. DEIDRA C. (talk) 19:08, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I'm about to proofread an article (Orange (fruit)) listed in the "articles needing copy edit". Could you please tell me if there's a way to inform the team the article is being proofread? Their talk page seems to be completely out of date. Another question: do I have to put a special template or something like that after doing the revision? Apologies for all the questions -I'm a bit of a newbie. Thanks --Cocolacoste (talk) 17:20, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the slow response. The propagation section has a tag that requests copyediting for that section. Once you've copyedited, you should remove the maintenance tag, and that should remove it from the category. Thanks for your interest in copyediting--God knows we need it around here. Go Phightins! 19:10, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. I've also corrected some minor slip-ups in the previous version (first four paragraphs). Still, the appeal could do with a revision since it is too literal a translation.

Regards

Perdón, no me di cuenta de que el mensaje estaba en castellano. Terminé de traducir y corregí algunos errores mínimos en la versión que había −los cuatro primeros párrafos−. Aún así, no le vendría nada mal una revisión: es una traducción demasiado literal.

Saludos,

--Cocolacoste (talk) 16:35, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

hey Patrick Kavanagh and his bench. Ceoil (talk) 10:11, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh my! What a beautiful song! Didn't even know that band existed, philistine me.

As a reward, these [3] [4] are two of my favourite songs ever and this [5] – agnostic though I am – gives me goose pimples. You prolly know them already, but still... enjoy!

Come here till I tell you something, you feckin' eejit: you is a dote (By the way, how's my Irish, eh? Half decent? Abyssmal?

Cheers!--Cocolacoste (talk) 23:01, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Next time you are hanging out in Camdem Town bemoaning the current state of todays music whith some hotties, now you can say "of course I've not been impressed with Guided by Voices since their "The Queen of Cans and Jars", and even that was a rip off of their own "My Valuable Hunting Knife"." Chicks love that shit. (As you well know, being one yourself). Ceoil (talk) 23:27, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re link above, tks, and [6] & [7]. Braces. Ceoil (talk) 09:05, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tsk about what? You're as clear as mud, my friend. Is it Handel you don't like? Or good ol' Tom? Either way, tut tut indeedy.

I'm fairly certain you'll like this.[8]. War, whats that all about eh ;) Another view is this[[9], which Im certain you'll hate. Its daft yeah, but listen to the drummer, and what a riff, the heavosity of it all. <makes the devil sign> Metal is always best when its slower.[[10]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtnG6EHh1N4] Ceoil (talk) 10:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

1) Nopes, PJ certainly not my cuppa. One or two songs, fine, but bores me shitless afterwards.

2) Holy crap on a cracker! My ears, my ears! To think I saw them when they were the support act at a Paralamas concert, mind you, I was young at that time *sighs*. T'other chaps with the weird name are spookily interesting, I must say.

ps, your irish is abyssmal. You have the words, but not the hang of venucalar. TK does a good parody when the mood takes her, but not you, unless your being deliberatly cartoonish. That would be odd, even for a troll. Stil though, I would have though a Scott would do better, we are very simiar nations after all, though the irish have a slight edge. <Sigh> Langer. Ceoil (talk) 14:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Trust you to slag me off, sunshine! You defo have it in for me, an innocent, pure, dainty maiden. I know my Irish is atrocious, you prick. In my defence, though, I was (badly) hamming it up, yeah. Oh, and I'll do a Pontius Pilatus and say I've been initiated in the Gaeilge lingo by a countrywoman of yours... who's been living in Laaandaan for the last twenty years... the treacherous cow.

Scot?! Scot?! Scot schmot. Keep on like that and I'll tell you what part of my anatomy is Scottish. Just you wait, petal. --Cocolacoste (talk) 21:13, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for all your hard work on that article. I'm very sorry I reverted your edit, but as I said in the edit summary, I was in the process of dumping all the relevant information into the article. Now that I have finished, I think the article as a whole would greatly appreciate a copyedit from you. I know you have already done bits and pieces, but yeah, if you want to tackle the major paragraphs, then go ahead. Obviously there is still a lot more work to be done (and lots more sources to draw information from), but considering I was able to get so much information from just 1 source, I think we should copyedit what we've got before we start to add some more.--Coin945 (talk) 17:15, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, chum. The problem with reverting, though, is that another contributor had to step in to make just about the same corrections I'd already made – regarding typos and repetition of words. It's always best to check the changes and re-edit. As I had a hunch you'd got a bit miffed, however, I've been staying clear of the info you added.

You've certainly done an amazing job there. Can't deal with it right now as I'm up to my neck with real-life work and with another article I was asked to copy-edit –and that article's the stuff of nightmares, I tell you. Working on HH is sorta an escapism from it. I'm just focussing on the easiest stuff, the episode list, which is a flagrant copy'n'paste from this [11]. If you wanna chip in that, you're more than welcome! (especially series 2: I hardly remember what that was about, jeez).

From a cursory look, some random thoughts about your stuff:

• All these

Conception and relationship with book series

Writing and shooting

Music

Casting, characters and costuming

should fall into the "production" category, while "Historical accuracy" and "Popularity and legacy" should be two different headlines, to comply with the Manual of Style on layout and, more importantly, to make the article better organized.

• There are way too many quotations and, ya know, Wikipedia tends to pick everyone on this. Lemme know what you make of this and I'll start working on that in a couple of days.

I totes agree with you moving the list of episodes to another page: it makes the article less unwieldy. The only snag is no summary paragraph is there so the article can get yet another bloody template, just like Lewis (see here: Lewis (TV series)). I'm gonna moving it back –hope you won't mind!

Again, totes agree with no stuffing more sources into HH, we've already got an awful lot of them.

Let's keep pulling together, yeah?

Hope you're splendidly well. Cheers!--Cocolacoste (talk) 23:39, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS, soz for the tardy reply but, as I've said, I'm a bit pushed for time at the mo.

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thanks for your copyedits on Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I also would like to apologize for my recent, harsh comments and responses. Sometimes I am overreacting on small things. Tomcat (7) 23:45, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also what do you think of Poor Folk? Regards.--Tomcat (7) 23:46, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thanks ever so much! And no worries: we all get cross sometimes.

This means we can keep working together?

I'm tackling another article at the mo, but I'll have a squint at Poor Folk soon-ish

Cheers!--Cocolacoste (talk) 00:23, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Cocolacoste. I watched in admiration as you worked through Dostoyevsky. Thank you for sticking with it and doing such good work there. Would I be correct in thinking that it's done now and that I might archive the GOCE request? Regards, --Stfg (talk) 21:59, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My goodness, my gracious, my me! That's very kind of you to say, Stfg. *blushes all over*.

As for archiving it, I'm not quite sure: information about the "French" school differs from what two sources say*, as is the case of his bruv being rejected from the academy. Is asking for a teensy bit of more time too much? Couldn't finish good ol' Fyodor as I'm also tackling with Orange (fruit) at the mo for the November drive. And that is one thorny article. Anyway, it's not for me to decide what should be done with D F. Do what you think best, goes without saying.

Regards,--Cocolacoste (talk) 22:28, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(*) Mainly, it wasn't a boarding school and they didn't teach everything in French. And Mikhail wasn't admitted simply for health issues, there's nowt about his learning skills in the sources.

Oh, you can have all the time you want, teensy or hugesy! I thought to check, but it's your decision when to consider it done, not mine. All best, --Stfg (talk) 23:20, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again. To be honest, I'm a trifle ashamed that hammer thingy's still at GOCE but, at the same time, can't help being a fastidiously fusspot of a human when it comes to grammar and stuff – not in the "grammar pedant" style, though, give me descriptivism any day – so I'll ludicrously mull over every puny detail. I'm anything but efficient... will finish F D off asap, promise.

Laters,--Cocolacoste (talk) 23:53, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps that's why you end up with nice sentences. And if you prescribe the descriptive and proscribe the prescriptive, that's OK by me. But it all depends what the descriptive choose to describe doesn't it? And the prescriptive have to describe what they prescribe and what they proscribe, don't they, so doesn't it come to about the same? Anyhow, what I really came to say is that if you think thems is hammers, I'm not gonna lend you my chainsaw! Sorry. --Stfg (talk) 20:47, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, Ma'am, you appear to have turned a delicate shade of green. Might one venture to suggest that a wise wikifairy could do well to eschew the green one →
for a day or two? And chainsaws? Much better to continue copy editing Orange and see if you can find some mots juiced.

Your emanation was not in the least twaddlesome. Me, any prefix I might once have had fell off years ago, and now I'm just a scriptivist: I hope one day to learn to write well enough that the meaning comes through crystal clear and the writing doesn't draw attention to itself at all. Truth to tell, I lean a little toward prescriptivism, not because of any contortion of the aforementioned hosiery, but just because there's so much complete codswallop out there and telling rules is probably a quicker way to get improvement than any other. Keep well. --Stfg (talk) 20:28, 23 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This boozy busy wikifaerie heartily swigged la fée verte (hic!) so as to imbiber the culture of the cultivars as if in a trance. Alas, neither the Green Muse and her pals nor Monsieur Gustave came to her rescue and now she's tied herself up in knots, and not just any old knot. Only a lemon could've chosen to trim that foliaceous jungle of words, which has just proved that it ain't easy-peasy to squeeze the orange and also turned this adorable* wikifaerie into a right miserable prune. (*As if!).

I heart this ("the writing doesn't draw attention to itself at all"), Sire, and couldn't agree more. It's worth a crack – as they say oop North – in the future.

There certainly is regurgitated piffle 'ere and there. Still, I stubbornly refuse to embrace the prescriptithingy for quick it may be but deep, mmh, mmh. Hope this won't miff you.

Hope you is splendidly well. I'll bore you no more. À bientôt --CocoLacoste talk 00:11, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS, Pass that lovely chainsaw of yours, would you? Seems the only way to clankingly tackle with that hellacious article – oh, and the aforesaid knots.

PS2, Compulsive meddler me couldn't help noticing the penultimate change on your talk page and, lo and behold!, seems we've got a charming mutual friend. Who'da thought Wikiland was a small world?

Hi, Cocolacoste, I hope I'm not bothering you if you're busy in rl, but are you still copy-editing Fyodor_Dostoyevsky per your comments here? Your last edit was on the 13th of November, and it's now reached the top of the pile. Please don't think I'm being pushy, just asking of your intentions so the list can be updated.:-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:31, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, Baffle gab1978, I'm aware (see start of previous section). Cocolacoste, I'd like to archive it today (30th) so that we can clear the October requests before the end of the month, but this obviously doesn't preclude you continuing to work on the article for as long as you judge needful. Is that all right? --Stfg (talk) 00:41, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Baffle gab1978, No worries, you're neither pushy nor a bother. Quite the contrary, it's me who should apologise left, right and centre for being so slow. Yup, I plan to continue with D F, but update the list. Apologies all round again. Cheers, --CocoLacoste talk 01:09, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Course it's all right to archive it. I shall give that article the final tweaks once I've finished the citrus thingy off. As I've said to Baffle gab1978, apologies for the trouble I've caused. Plus, didn't know about the procedures at GOCE regarding archives and updates. Laters, --CocoLacoste talk 01:09, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS, Novice me seems to have a tendency to choose intricate articles to copy-edit. Tsk.

Thanks, but please don't apologise or criticise yourself -- there's no cause. Yes, you do seem to find some toughies, but you're a very good writer and you help wikipedia by tackling them. I'll archive the request today, but please just continue as you've been doing. Best, Simon. --Stfg (talk) 09:00, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I added a bit more content. Please voice your opinion. Is "The steppe-like region with the many mosques conveyed him an unknown picture of the life outside of European Russia. " understandable? Regards.--Tomcat (7) 22:30, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, saw the changes today by chance: Wiki's weird and I get emails when DF is modified by anonymous users but not by you.

Hmm, sounds a trifle twisty, that sentence. I don't quite get what sense of "convey" is being used – plus, you convey something, not someone. "Made him think of"?, "reminded him of" (unlikely, innit?)?, "he got an idea of what life outside Russia would be like"? Cross the the before mosques out.

Not to be a a hoity-toity cow, but

I've noticed you changed the verbs in captions to past tense. They should go in the present: they're describing the image.

The last user was pulling your leg. "The members were brought to the well-defended Peter and Paul Fortress, which occupied the most dangerous convicts" doesn't make sense. It shoulda been "was occupied by" or, perhaps better, "where the most dangerous convicts were sent" or something like that.

"Outside of" is more US than British English –unless you mean apart from. And DF is in BrE.

Please, don't think I'm lecturing you, eh? Just giving my opinion.

Bit busy at the moment but shall return to DF soon-ish.

Best, --CocoLacoste talk 00:14, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your most gracious reply, Cocolacoste, I'm sorry I didn't reply earlier, been doing RL stuff.:-) Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:42, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. I changed the tense because "Dostoyevsky is the third in the second row; next to him stand Pleshcheyev and Durov." may mean that you directly describe the picture (but on the picture we don't see Dostoyevsky, Pleshcheyev and Durov).--Tomcat (7) 12:22, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can tell me to get bent if you want, but I have an article that might be ready for FAC before christmass if it were not for my abysimal writing and constitutional inability to spell. I need a good copyeditor. Your a good copyeditor, so here I am, on my knees, redacting all the horrible things I said about you, your friends, family and pets in the past. Best either way. Ceoil (talk) 22:58, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Holy crap faeces! The return of the prodigal rapscallion? Out of interest, 'course, cuz he couldn't be arsed bothered to get back to me before. Pscht.

By the way, howz you, hideous lovely thing? –see? I'm well nice and polite, myself.

Seriously, now. It'll be a pleasure to copy-edit dat –and really flattered by your request. Only snag is I'll be up to my tits breasts with exams till the 21st, and free afterwards, so I'll prolly be working on the Madonna a bit slowly. That allright? What's the deadline?

Laters,--CocoLacoste talk 23:39, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS, Yup, go bent and on yer knees, like yer pal.

No deadlines, my racist Scottish friend. Whenever you get a chance, but I have to warn you petal, the prose are in such a state, even by paddy standards, that you might need gloves and a mask. I presume your rough and tough enough for such a task? No problem if you too sensitive and not, I go ask somebody from England. Ceoil (talk) 00:31, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, now I'm a racist and homophobic? As per usual, that queer paddy's talking out of his sodomised arse.

As me ain't a Scot or a Sassenach, I couln't care less, to put it mildly.

I'm after having a squint (improving my Irish, eh?) at yer article: it ain't that bad, my pretty, compared with other poisonous crap I've been dealing with. Ye know wot I'm talking about. Oh, and the sodding Orange fruit I had the brilliant idea to copy-edit. I'm nothing if not wise.

Now, you, listen, I'll probably be pestering you with questions* re the Madonna doodle – stoopid joke, I luv me some van Eyck. You don't mind?

(*) 'Dis, for example: "Une autre tableaul de Nostre-Dame, du duc Philippe, qui est venu de Maillardet, couvert de satin brouché gris et ayant fermaulx d'argent doré et bordé de velours vert. Fait de la main Johannes." You copied and pasted that quote and it's in old French? Cuz if it's modern French, it's proper dire.

Yours unfaithfully, you mickey. --CocoLacoste talk 00:57, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yomanagi already toasted me on that one[12]...took it from one of the other language wikis. I did lean French inschool, but didnt pay much attention, too bust sticking compasses in the arms of my classmates. It was late and I was young and crazy.[13]. The article is about 80% there re content, but is a bit confused in places, which is where you come in, in your guilded magnifincance and fabulouness. Ceoil (talk) 01:05, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can I pay you in links to sort oout my horrible English, not to mind French. I suck, I admit it. What do you want, blood? [15]. Ceoil (talk) 01:52, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get that French sorted, just you wait. You don't suck, nincompoop, your article's mint. I wish I could write half-decently, or as I used to, at least (suffering from sorta writer's block, even if I'm no writer).

Nah, no need to pay me. I'm here just for the love. But pliz refrain from sending me dreadful links, yeah? Newfangled music make me want to sick up. I'm not one of those arty-farty types. Ta, Moi. --CocoLacoste talk 02:17, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS,Come to think of it, some Irish lessons would do nicely.

I can do that. Lesson numer one, if a person annoys the fuck out of you but merely is dim and contemptable, they are a *spanner*, if there are some signs of reason they are a *langer*, if they are knowingly and wantingly agressivly a prick you might want to wish that they "marry a wench that blows wind like a stone from a sling". Not in gaelic, sure, I'm building up to that as I know your an innocent auld dote. Ceoil (talk) 02:43, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet! Keep 'em coming, man! and don't spare my feelings. Spanner and the phrase go straight to my book. Already knew langer, so bah. Finally managed to get what you meant by that mega-cringe link, after reading the summary edit, which I never do, so better spill all the beans here. And good bye, gent. I'm supposed to be finishing off that bleeding Orange article. --CocoLacoste talk 03:02, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

k babes. Laters! Ceoil (talk) 03:16, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[16] - Oops, did I ec you? Ceoil (talk) 00:02, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you prick. See yer talk. For arse's sake. What a day!

--CocoLacoste talk 00:09, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Langer even, holds head in hands. Can you copy across your sandbox version; I'll note the diffs to the changes I mage tonight, very easily done, and reinstate where necess at some stage over the weekend, but they were all fairly trivial anyway, mostly cut and paste restructuring. My bad. Ceoil (talk) 00:16, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Cocolacoste, Have done the merge and am working to the inlines left by both yourself and Riggr. I need to reorder a lot of the description section, ye poked a few holes in it ye bastards, so need time for that, and I have a few fiddlig bits and pieces to add. I might take it for tonight, after which, I hope you'll revisit, if your not too put off by the edit conflict last night. Bestest. Ceoil (talk) 23:03, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My darling C,

First off, thanks a million for doing the merge – been out all day, couldn't do it myself despite my intentions.

Yup, I saw you were working on t'article so I decided not to stick my bloody nose into it. While you'are at it, be careful w/ word order here: "A small statue of the Virgin and child is seen behind the main figures, positioned in a choir screen, between two lit candles". If you put the bold text at the end, it may be confusing 'cause it could be interpreted as if the main figures were the ones in the choir screen, which obvs is not the case. Plus, it isn't quite clear what is between the lit candles (the choir or the statue) and, IMHO, "positioned" makes the prose a trifle verbose and could be left out – sorry if I'm being a pain in the arse. Just don't wanna change it myself without telling you first. Vile and vicious as I might seem, I'm all for dialogue and collaborative work.

You delectable silly sausage! Why would I get miffed* at a stoopid e/c? That was the Clash of the Titans, that was. *I'm fuming, eejit (nah, joking).

Completely unrelated, but this just turned out to be the weirdest of weirdest coincidences: since we started to chat on Wikiland, I've always pictured you (dunno why) like this chap →

Cheers, --CocoLacoste talk 00:26, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You seemed to have run out of cigs yesterday, a fate worse than death in my experience. Its only cigs, coffee and fear keep me going, and can imagine how miffed you were when they were absent and you had to deal with my thoughlessness. Anyhow, delighted you are still on board, and fixed my, haha, handeling of middle French. The dating sect is an unmitigated fucking disaster bty, so when you are steering the reigns again, stay well away, least you become indirectly tainted by my, uh; "confusion" is the nicest word. Ceoil (talk) 01:19, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

By "ran out" I meant "only 5 left". Had I really run out of my Parisiennes, I'da walked the eight blocks to the only corner shop open after 9 pm in my blessed neighbourhood. Oh, as for coffee, I simply can't do without it. [17]

Of course I'm still on board, and fucking stubbornly determined to continue, just to piss you off and annoy the shit outta your soul. Truth to tell, I find it very amusing and interesting to copy-edit yer article.

Oi, what are the Latin words you're looking for? The version of "For she is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior"? 1)If so, I've just found the bastards, which is ace, since they're not proper Latin, but Ecclesiastical Latin. This explains why the "sol" in Mary's robe is a fragment of the word – in Class. Latin, sol is... well, sol. This was one of the many questions yours truly had for you. 2) If not so, could you please be more specific in the talk page? --CocoLacoste talk 01:57, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Of course thats what I meant, and have been wondering if my some of my sources are a of the €5 in a pub car park variety, that they dont provide the origional script. Frankly, Im seeing a lot of holes, might have to a beg borrow and steal or troll my way towards some JSTOR articles. Your in confusion. Ceoil (talk) 02:30, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Butting in for a moment (despite the wikibreak tag and all). Cocalocoste, Ceoil gives me no respect! As though I hadn't checked for sources for him! Seriously. Oh and so happy to meet someone else who, like me, lives on coffee and well, those other things. Anyway, back later. Carry on. Laters. Truthkeeper (talk) 02:56, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Truths! long time no see! Didn't even know you were wikibreaking! Hope everything's fine and dandy with you. Don't worry about Ceoil: we all know he's nowt but an ungrateful scamp. Yay! Great minds drink and consume alike, so to speak. There's also cheese on my top 5.

You, the Irish sunshine, go check the Madonna talk page (your wish, Sire, is my command). The article needs working, sure, but is good. A bit patchy at times, though not so many holes in it, unless you is looking at... (oh, no, no, Coco. For civility's sake, don't say that! You're a law-abiding wikispecimen). What on arse's name are JSTOR articles? Don't quite get you.

--CocoLacoste talk 03:13, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine, thanks for asking. I see you have a new sig, and can turn the page green - that's more than I can do. Cheese? Hmm, depends on the type. None of that bland stuff for me. I like it sharp and tasty. Anyway, off for the night, but nice to see you working on the Virgin. Take care. Truthkeeper (talk) 03:30, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Cocolacoste for copy editing 1 articles for a total score of 6630 words during the Guild of Copy Editors November 2012 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you for your contribution. --Stfg (talk) 14:37, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Stfg, but "Orange" isn't finished yet. I mean, I thought it was more or less decent and tried to put it on the Drive page last Friday, only that Cinderella-me didn't realise it was 0:09. Then I reread the article and found it was brimming with slip-ups – especially the Etymology subsection. I'll try to wrap it up between today and tomorrow and leave an explanatory message at GOCE's talk page. (I've failed to meet a deadline yet again. Apologies to you and the rest of the Guild). Best, --CocoLacoste talk 15:54, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I know it isn't finished yet, but you're very diligent, and I wasn't going to let you go completely unrewarded. Apologies and explanations aren't needed. Don't go putting that exam at risk just for the sakes of Wikipedia, will ya. --Stfg (talk) 16:27, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, S. It's very kind of you and really means a lot.

God almighty! You said exams, ergo, you've read the chat above this. Full of fescennine, scurrilous, irreproducible words. Ashamed though I feel, I won't apologise. That's me all over, a mouth from the gutter.

Wha'? Wikipedia is the perfectest excuse for not doing what I gotta do.

Laters, CocoLacoste talk 17:54, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, there's too much fun going on here, I'm getting addicted, can't get it off my watchlist, it just creeps back on while I'm not looking! Yay, a new word today! Fescennine indeed! Wow! --Stfg (talk) 18:09, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Cocolacoste, we need more descriptors for light, the article is veering towards cliche: spills, illuminates. I only know so may words with more than 6 letters. Ceoil (talk) 14:12, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, deffo. Been thinking about this: synonyms is wot we need. By the way, "It brilliantly illuminates the interior blah, blah" in the intro has been haunting me. Garish and manky, if you'll excuse me.

Thing is, contrary to my unmerciful nature*, I'm walking on eggshells on that article, mainly cuz I'm not well up in the subject and so afraid of ballsing things up. I need to become more acquainted with the topic first to muster up some courage and slash the written stuff. That's why I depend on your knowledge, seriously. *Have a look at what I've inflicted on Orange (fruit) to get an idea of what I mean.

But we'll eventually pull this off, worry not. We've become sort of brethren – yeah, I saw the word you deleted, you caitiff arse.

Talking of light and walking, here, enjoy this precious gem: [18]

Laters, --CocoLacoste talk 15:33, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can top that [19], though tese guys are obviously taking the piss. hey, its fun working with you and there is no hurry and rush, so I'd say trust your instincicts re wording. Whats the worst that could happen? We are all going to die anyway. Gut the into at will. Ceoil (talk) 16:13, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Did you see the size of your copyediting task grew by a third! Dont worry through, Johnbod is a much better writer than I am, so there will be less untangling. I'm still working through your inlines, they are very helpful, but may take the rest of the evening at least to go through. After than, and when JB is happy, I might just leave the page for you to touch up. I have to say, this article has restored my faith in collaborative editing, its been a breath of fresh air to be able to bounce off people like this. Ceoil (talk) 23:44, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, been keeping an eye on it. Sterling work indeed, and fantastically complements your also sterling deeds. To think I hidden his first edit!¨*looks around for a sturdy rope*.

Will get back tomorrow to t'article: haven't slept a blink (again) and I'm dangerously likely to ruin everything. If my memory serves my fried brain well, I've left somewhere – talk or inlines, can't remember – summat about the lettering on Our Lady's robe. It'd be great if you could answer, 'cause the rewriting of the Latin stuff is in yer dexterous hands.

Chuffed to hear your faith's been restored. As you know, I'm a miserable newbie so don't know much about this jungle. Never thought I would interact with others here until I bumped into you and TK in not the most pleasant of circumstances (he, he, I'm evil, me) and with another gent at the GOCE project afterwards. But, bloody hell, yes, working with others is sooo much fun and rewarding.

Laters, delectable bugger.

Yours sleepy and all fucked up, --CocoLacoste talk 00:14, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strangest thing about this place - sometime not the most pleasant circumstances become, well, more pleasant. I was very happy to bump into you and when you're done w/ my friend Ceoil, your brain less fried, and mine too, I'll probably be sending some work your way as well. But not until after the so-called holidays. Truthkeeper (talk) 00:35, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Same here, Truths. Thrilled to bits at having youse both popping by, and utterly baffled by your lovely plans to work with me.

That's what life is about, I suppose. Full of unpredictable, enigmatic coincidences.

At this very moment, perhaps, you, Ceoil and I are lighting up ciggie. I like the idea of different people in different places doing the same thing at the same moment. And that simple, trivial act – I think – brings them somehow together... Oh, good Lord in heaven, I'm just raving deliriously... better shut my gob.

Tuck in, darling. Much love, --CocoLacoste talk 01:24, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Had just lit up when I saw this on my watchlist (there is a pun there that Im not going to touch, esp considering the light descriptors we were bitching about above). And opened a white, so cheers from a fool of an Irishman.[20] Ceoil (talk) 01:32, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yay!!! At least something decent, nay, great, posted by you, evil monster. I luv me some Pogues.

Never, ever mention light, ok? Not for today.

Since you had the temerity to change the heading, be an angel and tidy up this sodding mess, will ya? – I mean, can you move down my one and only pointy thingy?

Fuck, been arsing around all day and done sod all.

Ah, you know, screw you; I've been posting great links all this time, your just too bloody ignorant and dainty to appreciate. Ceoil (talk) 15:57, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ignorant, granted. Dainty, my arse. Anyway, I stand corrected. That was too wild an accusation: not everything was tripe, just those ubergringe-y videos suitable only for heavy metal cranks. Each to their own, mind, as my nan would say. Can't be arsed to squabble over this. There you go, enjoy this crap. [21] [22]

Ta for fixing the pics yesterday.

You working on the Madonna right now, or can I get moving? By the way, I wants that Pächt thingy. Could you drop it somewhere?

Screw you too.Love and kisses, --CocoLacoste talk 00:47, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Answering for my absent and rude friend: there's nothing in the Pacht thingy for the Madonna (I already checked - though no one asked me). I've ordered the book from the university library. If he covers this painting, when it arrives will post notes as soon as I have time. I have another source with quite a lot, particularly the original Latin, but y'all will have to do without my wonderful self for the next 10 days or so. Will get to it when I get to it. Truthkeeper (talk) 01:02, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page is all yours Cocolacoste, do your worst and fire at will at my horrible descs of light. No mercy! Ceoil (talk) 01:19, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TK, Trust our mutual friend to tell porkies. Pfft. Thanks and no problemo, take your time. (Particularly interested in the Latin thingy now. That part needs serious rewriting).

Next time I'll ask you, I swear on all things holy.

Page is all yours Cocolacoste, do your worst :) Ceoil (talk) 01:19, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Annoying leprechaun, You're taking the piss outta me, right? Can't even write on my talk, if you please, without your disgusting self clashing with me.

Thanks for the compliments, very honoured. --CocoLacoste talk 01:29, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Im confused; am I actually typing the same shit over and over, or are you darling, refractoring my posts. Pls explain, as if Im actually senile now, its some thing I should be aware of and its probably best I make arrangements:) Im 83 you know, and onoly just coming to terms with electricity. Ceoil (talk) 01:45, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you fucking are. Didn't you arsing see what just happened sodding again? This is beyond of fucking beyond.

On second thoughts, however, yours is an unusual yet enthralling idea: my subconscious might be rejecting your opinions and this whole hullabaloo's got nothing whatsoever to do with you being a nuisance. So stay calm, my dearest friend, watch that woeful tosh my noble, generous soul has post for you and go to sleep. (It's beddy-bies for elderly geezers).

I'd better bugger off to the article. Wikipedia is not a forum yada yada yada. Laters, --CocoLacoste talk 02:10, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Electricity is easy: you just have to insert your fingers in a socket, and voila!

C my love, your subconscious is the last plcae on earth i'd put time aside to disentangle. Im sure your brain is lovely and all, wonderfully complicated, but to understand you would take severasl hundred monkies working on several hundred type writers...or something, I forget exacly what I meant to say. Feeling confused, maybe I am...83 and its not all just a dream. I fought that nice man, mr hitler you know. He liked me. Ceoil (talk) 02:34, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CL, I just noticed this deletion discussion. I completely missed notification or anything, otherwise would have chimed in (well, maybe) but thought I'd give you an FYI in case a bunch of more is added to the main D. article. Not sure how I feel about it as I haven't read the "Themes" article - but anyway a head's up. I hope you haven't given up completely there, despite the work on the Madonna. Truthkeeper (talk) 17:20, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, oh dear. Thanks for the tip-off – I didn't get any notification about this. Wasn't aware of the merge either – my wikimail is a bit temperamental: even though DF is on my watch, I don't get emails every time it gets modified. Anyway, I've been in two minds about coming back to DF, but after this I'm afraid I won't – with certain editors spewing out their usual vile bile there it'll be impossible to change a comma in that mammoth of an article. We're not here for the money, are we? Love DF's books though I do, I'd rather work with nice people than become involved in disgusting bickers with a bloke so ludicrously high up his own arse*, constantly patronising and demeaning other users as well as reverting every single edit he disagrees with. Can't stomach that. It's just not on in me book.

Took a look-see at the Themes article and seems rather good, more's the pity.

Sorry for all this jabber, but I feel I can be frank with you, Keepers. And you know me, I'm outspoken, not to say an unceremonious bitch.

(*)I'm referring just to his virtual persona, of course, he might be cute in real life and all, but by the hey ho!, he's a nasty piece of work on Wiki – [23] (see my comments on talk) and [24]. Self-explanatory, innit? And this is nowt compared with what he said to other people here, there and every-fucking-where. In the words of good ol' Willy – and to give my ramblings a touch of glamour – "Leave thy vain bibble babble (12th nite), [you] contemptuous base born callet (Harry VI).

Laters, --CocoLacoste talk 03:00, 11 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS, I wish this kind of comments weren't here, especially because some might consider them futile tittle-tattle. Erroneously, I daresay, for this is just two users concerned about an article that deserves better. And sadly, there is no such thing as privacy in this realm. *sighs*.

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I though you were off the Orange (fruit)s, but I see you are still slogging away. <tap tap tap>. What gives? Ceoil (talk) 00:55, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya, snoop. You've gone and spied on me, eh? Tsk.

Nah, that shit is the never-ending shit. The more I look at it, the less I know how to deal with it and the more crap it gets. Anyway, it's less complex - content-wise, I mean – than that Virgin of yours. Less fun though. But I'm not being myself lately.

Howz you, my luverly decrepit graddad? --CocoLacoste talk 01:23, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to see you around. Alive and kicking... or alive at least. Was worried sick, fearing that you'd followed my advice on electricity.

Dont be a mercy to requests long gone, esp as it seems that page is not cared or tended to. Me, Im kicking ever so often, but only when not brought my medicine....thats when you got to watch out:) Ive called in a few other heavies for the van eyck page, and waiting for TK to return. I have bits in the meantime, but am being devil may care fopr now. Anyway, whats all the decrepit graddad business you utter fecking singgular bastard/bitch; I may wear comfortable warm socks, a cardigan and smoke a pipe but I'll...oh wait. Ceoil (talk) 01:56, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thing is, I copy-edited that article for the GOCE November drive. Even though 'twas not finished, a kind gent put it as if it was (see above if you can be arsed), so I feel hugely indebted to him and the rest of the ppl at GOCE and wanna finish off that nightmare.

Cool. Besides, the book TK's mentioned sounds promising. You're always devilish, petal. That's why I'm keeping a close eye on the Madonna and may pop in there to make tweaks.

The business, you mean? Well, in our last crack – the first time I've ever seen the words Hitler and monkeys in the same bloody sentence, for crying out loud! – you seem a tad confused and all your blabber distressed me no end.

You won't show any respect, will ya? Calling me names? You annoying scumbag, bugger off right now, or else!

Don't forget your hot-water bottle, darling. I'm 85, I know where you're coming from.

Oh, almost forgot to say you're very observant: all those phrases about my subconscious and shit. Either that, or my bonkerness is far more evident than I think.

PS, a few minutes later. Crikey! You were at the Madonna. Didn't get email, though. My wikimail is wonky. Screw it. --CocoLacoste talk 02:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just mean you should spread your wings more, c/eing pages that are barely c class and attended by none, and worrying about adfs subpages of people you could are slightly less than nothing about, whatever barnstars they give you. Just a hint dear, your worth more sparrows than that. If I was you and if I want to get, oh, "satisfaction" for my effort, I'd be looking at wp:fac and choosing from there. More likely to be engaging and rewarding, plus you will meet a bunch more and wider range of wiki people. Anyays.....Ceoil (talk) 03:05, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ps, sorry if I seem as grumpy, im not a very happy bunny tonight, have been suffering from dizzyness and wosiness all week, normal transmission to resume shortly...) Ceoil (talk) 03:12, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, spud, but a) I don't really care about pointy thingies, honestly and b) going to the FAC page right now would be punching well above my weight. I'm still a newbie, ye know.

The GOCE page's great. Many people go there to get articles checked before pushing them for a GA or FAC. That's how I ended up at DF, remember? Dunno what you mean by "subpages". *flummoxed*

You had me at "sparrows"... that's Irish for ? *ponders* (nowt rude, I hope, bastard).

Worry not, dear old fellow: I'm already used to your being grumpy. And dat's why I like you. Sorry to hear about that arsing grogginess. Get well soon. I ain't a happy bunny either, if it's any consolation. Downright rotten week for me. [25]

Laters, --CocoLacoste talk 04:21, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dont get me wrong, the GOCE *are* great, its selfless but very valuable work, they are unsung heroes in my book. I certainly owe individual members a hell of a lot. Ceoil (talk) 22:22, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

old one but still works. Thanks for all the help and hope you have a great and relatively sober one. Ceoil (talk) 04:05, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re your deleted post, you're a bad person, mate. And so am I, for laughing my arse off at that. Too bad someone seems to be learnig [26]

What you doing up in the wee early hours, petal?

What does sober mean?

Thanks and back atcha. --CocoLacoste talk 04:12, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm way worse even than that, my deleted post was me on a good day, thats as nice as I get. Re early hours.....oh yeah....zzzzzzz....talk later and tks for the help so far it is really appreciated you are helping a lot. Ceoil (talk) 04:17, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, 'course, already knew that. At least you can get to some level of niceness. I can't, not in my rotten nature.

Aww, shucks. Now I've got a little more time, I'll try to read some books and immerse my philistine myself into the Flemish thingy, so that I can make real edits and not my usual fluffiness. Laters, --CocoLacoste talk 04:24, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I resent being described as on "some level of niceness". Take that shit back. My evilness and bitchiness is carfully cultivated and Im a proud man. At least acknowledge me as twisted as you obviously are. Ceoil (talk) 04:27, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deepest apologies, sunshine. I stand corrected: you are the most hideous, heinous, soulles bastard I've ever met. A proper turd softened by the rain who can't even answer what sober means. Satisfied? --CocoLacoste talk 04:36, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS, soz, chum but not as twisty as me.

.No. Ceoil (talk) 09:07, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus wept! Could you please be more specific, please? I mean, what the hell does your no refer to? Your perpetual dissatisfaction? My unbeatable wickedness? Who's good auld Barry? You or me? (*)

Anyway, I don't give much of a bleeding toss: with that link, you've just won me over, delectable scumbag.

Eternally, devotionally and fervently yours, --CocoLacoste talk 09:31, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PS, C'mon, fess up. You don't seem to sleep, are you this chap?

(*)I now geddit, stupid cow me, thick as thickness. Sire is not happy with my beautigully worded insults. Have a little patience, you devilish creature: I'll come up with new ones, promise.

Sleep is for loosers, time when you enemies are able to gather and plot; Margaret Thatcher needed only 3 hours a night, Stalin even less. Thats the standard Im aiming for. O and glad to see your not so thick. Ceoil (talk) 09:48, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm a chronic insomniac, so there! In yer face, you prissy ninny!!! Remember, remember the 5th of November...

I tell you my love and this is your answer? Bugger the sod off. Tsk.--CocoLacoste talk 10:05, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

	Merry Fucking Christmas
	Please dont choke on the pudding, my dear ;) Ceoil (talk) 10:14, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Worry not, my dearest darling. I'll be celebrating – so to speak – Crimbo like this →

We Pagans have no morals and tend to shag ourselves rotten without compunction, while you just kiss under the mistletoe. Procul hinc, procul esti, severes. Non estis teneris apta theatra meis (Ovid).

In case you're wondering, yup: I happen to be the lass on the right.

Go easy on the mince pies. --CocoLacoste talk 10:47, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which makes me even even more steely resolute that I have to either drive a stake through your pagan heart or convert you. Havnt decided yet. Ceoil (talk) 10:54, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead. I'm a lady of principle, the Lucretia of these morally depraved times.

Be merciless. --CocoLacoste talk 11:07, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

For the New Year greetings and the same back to you. I hope to be around more in the new year, but probably will be out for a few weeks more. Truthkeeper (talk) 17:01, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I made some corrections and write on talk page of my account.

Olexchest (talk) 09:13, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for answer, updated something. Olexchest (talk) 09:50, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Answered some questions and have own. Olexchest (talk) 14:34, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect! Thanks. Shall have a look. Cheers, --CocoLacoste talk 14:51, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PS, I'm gonna leave some comments on your talk.

I do what I can by now and write it on article's talk page. Olexchest (talk) 18:22, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated article's talk page. Olexchest (talk) 16:51, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I answered your questions. Olexchest (talk) 08:04, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I corrected Sources, as I can. Olexchest (talk) 13:17, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I made some corrections and left a couple of inline comments. I've been a bit busy and couldn't work on the article, sorry. I'll try to rewrite as much as possible during the weekend. Cheers, --CocoLacoste talk 06:08, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't matter, you do great thing. When you will be in Ukraine we can give you a little painting as gift as sign of our appreciation ) I put on Talk page lost page of english catalogue

46.203.87.123 (talk) 05:38, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I answered your questions.

193.110.189.75 (talk) 09:19, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your participating in this! I very appreciated. Good luck in all!

Olexchest (talk) 19:49, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I answered your questions and write one own for you on the Talk Page.

Olexchest (talk) 09:33, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all! You was great help with the article.

Olexchest (talk) 04:45, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your kind words. Glad to be of help. Cheers, --CocoLacoste talk 16:27, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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If you have them petal, I'd share them now. Ceoil (talk) 15:35, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a link to Dhanens at Amazon (US) - [27]. Unfortunately it's a book that has to be bought (or stolen) but can't be found on google-bloody-books. I noticed the discrepancy in the inscriptions but had to stop. I'll have a look at the links, hopefully today but a bit busy again through the weekend, and figure out what's going on. Truthkeeper (talk) 13:05, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CL, thanks a ton for stepping up to help and for all the copyedits! I'm not quite out of the woods yet but at least now well enough to parse this. I've gone back and forth on that point in my own mind - whether to have the inscriptions in the iconography para or to leave where they are, and to be honest I can't quite make up my mind. It seems to belong in the iconography section, yet seems to work okay too in the description section. Let me think on it a bit, and let's see too whether Ceoil has an opinion. Truthkeeper (talk) 20:34, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! Glad that migraine's cleared up. No worries, they were just a couple of tweaks here und there. Nothing substantial. Shit, that was hard to parse: too long a sentence, my bad. Anyway, making myself clear: I didn't mean all the inscriptions, just the mention of the 5th stanza: since it's not an inscription as such, seems a tad disjointed there – just the opinion of a muddled brain, I haven't been myself lately.

Hey, I've seen the Madonna is a FAC now. Great! (Late to the party as usual, courtesy of Wikicrapmail). Thanks ever so much for mentioning yours truly.

Btw and re: the underhyphenation (is this a word?) mentioned at the review: I'm pretty sure up to date doesn't require hyphens there because it's a predicative adj – didn't change it as the article is nommed and I don't want to mess with it, just in case. I've trawled through MoS in search of info about images on the left but couldn't find anything.

Laters, --CocoLacoste talk 21:16, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PS, Mind the bears while in the woods, darling. We all know what them bastards do.

Nah, it wasn't your sentence that was the problem, but my brain. I see that it's been moved - and somewhat how I would have done it, had I been capable, but I do think it's a tricky section. You deserve the mention - lot's of backup from you! Will look at "up to date", thanks for the head's up. Yeah, I know all about the bears in the woods. I run away from them! Take care, Truthkeeper (talk) 22:38, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of High Culture
		Cocolacoste, your a pain in the hole but always correct and wonderfully expressed at the same time. Typical Scottish. Its been really fun working with you, and I appreciate it a lot. Not sure that the Madonna will pass, but here is a token of friendship and respect nevertheless, you utter fookin', fabolous, bitch. Ceoil (talk) 13:00, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Consider this from me too! You are fabulous and really lots of fun. And a very very good copyeditor! Truthkeeper (talk) 13:55, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is a bit of an ignoring bastard, yeah right enough. Sorry man/gal I've been gone for so so long, I could make excuses...the dog ate my modem and so on, but Im not sure youd buy them. Put it this way, I respect you too much to lie to you. See what I did there? Am I in your good books again? Great. Peace in our time. Ceoil (talk) 12:40, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PS, I see you are now an old pro at FAC, good for you. There is no tenure required there, and you are, if I might be so bold, very perceptive and articulate, Im delighted to see. Ceoil (talk) 13:06, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks a lot for stepping in and helping Alexander with that page. I left a message for both of you on its talk page. You clearly put a LOT of effort into it! --Martha (talk) 02:36, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey stranger. This was promoted during the week, in no small part thanks to you. Just bidding my hat and saying thanks very much for all the work you put into it. Ceoil (talk) 23:38, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Coco, it would be good to your thoughts on the converstation over at Horrible Histories. We have contact. Span (talk) 17:47, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Officaially asking for help here. Its 3/4 ways written and a mess. Starting the process of asking in the heavies here. Large, stern men tidy with a pen, required ;0 Ceoil (talk) 12:59, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Oi, cockmunch, thanks for stepping in at the Taymouth Hours. Really enjoy working with you. Oh, frabjous day! <cough>Could use a lil' help with the images there<cough/>--Coco Lacoste (talk) 13:28, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Obsequious lickspittles, that's what I like. Red wine for me, Paulina

Dont call me shirley. Ceoil (talk) 17:56, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can't be serious. Sandra

Serious as cancer. paul (talk) 19:71, 34 August 1843 (UTC)[reply]

Where's the conclave? Giulia la B

Jesus you are a tough bitch. Reading. Brad (talk) 18:21, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, haven't changed owt significant. I've jotted down a couple of suggestions/ questions but can't deal with them right now – I've stopped up all night, all done in. Lucrezia

Hello there. Just wondering how her vulgarness is doing. Nothing strange here, rain expected on Sunday, heavy over the north, clearing Monday. Ceoil (talk) 15:23, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, hello, my darlingest heart! How are you keeping? me, feeling like shit on shovel, but hey ho, let's keep things cheery Been working like crazy last month (14, 16 hrs. a day, murderous) and w/o internet connection at home (courtesy of the twat that cut the cable off, literally). Thanks for popping by. Hope you're grand. Laters, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 23:32, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

working like crazy ? Snap. Got home at a resonable hour this evening. Great, but what do I do...slog here for free. Goddamn me. Ceoil (talk) 00:25, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your altruistic dedication will be compensated, some day, in Heaven... perhaps. I plod away for free IRL, if it's any consolation (not that I'm complaining). Speaking of work, fancy taking a look at what I've added to Taymouth Hours and see if it makes any sense? Cheers, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 00:51, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look, and you might want to ask V also, who knows more than I do on this area. Ceoil (talk) 03:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First warning in describing us as "Corkish". We are legion, but will allow one other warning before it all gets out of hand and becomes serious. Ceoil (talk) 14:47, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bring. It. On. Cute hoor, bring it on. --Coco Lacoste (talk) 00:36, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Cocolacoste -- I noticed you're the last major editor on Horrible Histories (2009 TV series), so am getting in touch as I'd like to do some extensive work on the article myself, to address the concerns raised in the article's warning template, and don't want to end up stepping on anyone's toes. As per the note left on the article's talkpage, it would basically be in line with your recent edits, with which I incidentally totally agree (some silent cheering may-or-may-not have taken place while reading, actually). Please let me know if you have any issues. Shoebox2 (talk) 21:51, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Shoebox. Please, go ahead and hack away. Unmercifully. I'm not very dedicated to that article at the moment – I've just chopped some nonsensical waffle off – but it'd be nice to see it in a better shape.

One thing, though: you don't need to "ask for permission" to edit an article. Just go off and do it (Wikijargon be bold blah, blah). If someone happens to disagree with you, well, tough... That's what talkpages are for (and Wikijargon discuss, be polite, civility, yada, yada). Cheers, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 22:37, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PS, Things may escalate to unimaginably tempestuous levels but hey!, "Welcome to Wikipedia" (disclaimer: I may not be the best adviser).

I think I get the idea. :) Thank you much, looking forward to working with you. Shoebox2 (talk) 23:26, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Cocolacoste :). I've kept to a strictly supportive role throughout this (incredibly skilled and downright awesome) rewrite, quietly scouting the web for possible sources and adding them to the talk page. Since the article is getting ready to go up, and may only need a few tweaks here and there, I was wondering if you'd care to take a peak at the page and lend your thoughts to see how any useable information can be incorporated. I especially think a peak at the links in the "miscellaneous" section may be good. I haven't actually read those yet and you seem to be better at extracting useable info than i.--Coin945 (talk) 16:33, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, sorry. As I strongly believe in Wikipedia as a collaborative project, I think the best place to discuss these issues is the article's talkpage.

As an aside: If I may say so, editing someone else's sandbox without consulting them first is rather discourteous. Just my opinion, of course. Best, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 10:16, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for this revert. I was kind of thinking about leaving it - that one had fewer fields filled in for one thing - but mostly so as to minimize even more friction. I see from above that "your" mediation was declined. Happy hols, btw. Hope you have something great planned. Victoria (talk) 14:58, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime. I don't really like making this type of changes to articles I've never edited but... but... when insomniac, I'll lose my scruples. Anyway, it looked like a genuine GF addition. Happy holidays to you too. Take care, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 15:48, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Always happy to cheer up! You've been doing some fabulous work! I've meant to stop by to tell you but always seem to be hacking at the coal seam here and never time to stop by and chat. Take care to you too! Victoria (talk) 15:55, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Now, now, m'lady, you're being kind to a fault.

À propos de rien, I've been meaning to share this w/ someone. This is the very reason bolloxes are evil. A gentleman I'd shag marry if he were real, and there he is, his beauty obscured by a rectangle. --Coco Lacoste (talk) 16:13, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've boosted his beauty a bit - not only a rectangle but a colored rectangle!

No, not being kind to a fault. I'm seeing some impressive work. Would like to jump in and help at some point, but "at some point" never seems to happen. Or something. Victoria (talk) 18:04, 20 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Victoria. This means a lot to me, more than you can imagine. Hugs, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 21:42, 21 December 2013 (UTC) If I ever overcome my stupidity and manage to scribble a little article I have in mind, I'll coerce you into helping me, so don't you worry, my fine friend.[reply]

Well it's an interesting case, that dark moody painter! HIs i****b*x started like this which essentially repeats the first sentence. Now it looks like this, so it's grown. I might be inclined to advise trying an Brianboulton type of "Identibox" as in Percy Grainger.

Please don't hesitate to send any smallish scribbles my way any time - though perhaps they should be going in the opposite direction (i.,e I should be sending mine your way)! Victoria (talk) 01:25, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For your work on Horrible Histories. Thanks Span (talk) 00:07, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ever so much, Span! Although all the kudos should really go to Shoebox. By the way, you've made me change my stance on that "thank" gizmo – it could be useful sometimes. Had a good chuckle yesterday. Cheers, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 21:52, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your contribution to all this has really counted. Span (talk) 23:36, 21 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy Holidays! Victoria

Ooooh... What a lovely image. Thanks, Victoria! Hope you've found lots of pressies under the tree. --Coco Lacoste (talk) 23:48, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The fat man from oop North has left this for you

	Belated happy christmas and a tolerable new year
	Wishing you all the best for 2014. You were such a fun bitch in 2013 and thanks very much for all the help with the van Eyck Madonna; its not often writers of your ability and skill show up. Ceoil (talk) 23:12, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you gorgeous bastard, and the same to you. I hold you in the highest regard as a contributor and this means a lot to me. --Coco Lacoste (talk) 23:59, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You brighten this place up, and you are very talented, so you know, deserved. Ceoil (talk) 01:08, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. No good wish is without strings, or something. I could do with help on Head VI, if your interested. I hate to ask, sort of, and could really do with a person who kows how to string a sentence together. Ceoil (talk) 13:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

On my to-do list. Shall get to it over the weekend. Jesus, those paintings... such a raw, unsettling beauty...

Never hesitate to ask, devilish creature: I'm always happy (nay, honoured) to lend you a hand. My doors are open for you and this is a smoking area. Your most humble and obedient servant, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 23:11, 31 December 2013 (UTC) A pope. Again. Make your intentions of world domination a bit less obvious, for fuck's sake[reply]

Happy New Year, Coco.
Thanks for all the good work. Span (talk) 14:50, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Many happy returns, Span! --Coco Lacoste (talk) 03:02, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Sound for the copyedits - it reads like english now! I might try and expand over the w/end, so expect grammatic trouble and odd combinations of letters. Ceoil (talk) 23:18, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, Ceoil. It's an interesting article. Tried to fix the quote in the intro but the book isn't online. Also, have you seen my inline q re: cope/cape? Oh, an external link has been added as "existence proof" the fuck?. Wouldn't this (Arts Council) or the Estate of Francis Bacon, without the mention of Innocent IX instead of X, be better? --Coco Lacoste (talk) 01:10, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well any source used that mentions that once up a time there was a Francis Bacon that painted a Head IV is probably good enough. I was sure I used such a source later in the article! Lookly the whole thing has been verified now, and I am not victim of an eloberate 60 year old hoax perputated by multiple mischievious art historians and major art gallery and auction houses. Ceoil (talk) 01:42, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

		The Guidance Barnstar
		For going above and beyond to rescue me from my own bumbling newbie-ness (re: talkpages and other things), and just generally being a great collaborator. Shoebox2 talk 01:22, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Shoebox. It's very nice of you to say so. Cheers, --Coco Lacoste (talk) 01:16, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

PS, You made the right move – that talk had been bugging me for months – only that you got a bit radical.

Thanks for your work on Borges. What is your overall sense of it as an article? I did some major work on it about four years ago and it has not has much done on it since. Span (talk) 20:57, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Coco, not sure if you're aware, but I'm currently in the process of shepherding the Horrible Histories TV series article through it's GA nomination. The reviewer tells me it's potentially FA material, which is exciting, but also means the review is much more exhaustive. I do feel like her suggestions are excellent, and taking (many of) them I think has resulted in a stronger article... just feeling a bit overwhelmed by how much is involved, and that some further assurance that I'm on the right track wouldn't come amiss. :) If you have the time, would you mind taking a quick look at the review thread and seeing what you think? Shoebox2 talk 16:07, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2014 wrap-up Participation: Out of seven people who signed up for this blitz, all copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 16 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the March drive! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by

Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)|}[reply]

Are charming and funny. Not funny as in "funny how", just you make me laugh, like. not happy - damn you to hell. Ceoil (talk) 11:54, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Moi? He, he... you don't know me, innocent soul. --Coco Lacoste (talk) 00:00, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter The March 2014 drive wrap-up is now ready for review. Sign up for the April blitz! – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by

Guild of Copy Editors March 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated in the drive and helped out behind the scenes. 42 people signed up for this drive and 28 of these completed at least one article. Final results are available here. Progress report: Articles tagged during the target months of December 2012 and January 2013 were reduced from 177 to 33, and the overall backlog was reduced by 13 articles. The total backlog was 2,902 articles at the end of March. On the Requests page during March, 26 copy edit requests were completed, all requests from January 2014 were completed, and the length of the queue was reduced by 11 articles. Blitz!: The April blitz will run from April 13–19, with a focus on the Requests list. Sign up now! – Your drive coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This is a note to let the main editors of Horrible Histories (2009 TV series) know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on April 16, 2014. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at present, please ask Bencherlite (talk · contribs). You can view the TFA blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 16, 2014. If it needs tweaking, or if it needs rewording to match improvements to the article between now and its main page appearance, please edit it, following the instructions at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. The blurb as it stands now is below:

Horrible Histories is a children's sketch-comedy adaptation of Terry Deary's long-running book series, produced by Lion Television with Citrus Television, that ran for five 13-episode series on Britain's CBBC from 2009 to 2013. Like the books, it was intended to foster childrens' interest in British and other Western world history through factual anecdotes chosen with a focus on "gross-out"-style humour and comic violence – "history with the nasty bits left in". The producers of the TV series recruited writers and performers with roots in the adult British comedy community. These in turn took a deliberately non-condescending approach, relying instead on such influences as Blackadder and the Monty Python films. A focus on historical accuracy was combined with a comedy style relying heavily on parodies of current UK pop-culture to make those facts more accessible, leading to takeoffs of Masterchef, The Apprentice and Wife Swap among others. The result won numerous domestic and international awards, including two British Comedy Awards and four consecutive Children's BAFTAs, and eventually garnered respect as a classic from viewers of all ages. (Full article...)

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2014 Blitz wrap-up Participation: Out of 17 people who signed up for this blitz, eight copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: During the seven-day blitz, we removed 28 articles from the requests queue. Hope to see you at the May drive! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are a sweetheart, beloved almost. Mentioned at FAC, beware. Ceoil (talk) 10:18, 25 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note to say that I've sent email re Shirley but didn't use the "bitch" subject - I hope I don't come across that badly! Also, I want to apologize for calling you "sweetie" on my last response to you - it's a term I use often in real life with people I like and I was typing quickly without thinking but probably not appropriate here. I've been doing a good job stumbling over my feet recently in on-line communication. Trying to untangle. Take care. Victoria (tk) 16:04, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors May 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to all who participated! Out of 51 people who signed up this drive, 33 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2,987 articles to 2,236 articles in May, the lowest backlog total since we began keeping records in 2009! Since at least 300 new articles were tagged during May, that means we copy edited over 1,000 articles in a single month. Amazing work, everyone! Blitz: The June blitz will run from June 15–21. This blitz's theme is Politics. Sign up here. Election: You can nominate yourself or others for the role of Coordinator for the second half of 2014 here. Nominations will be accepted until June 14. Voting will begin on June 15 and will conclude on June 28. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors July 2014 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the 40 people who signed up this drive, 22 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We reduced our article backlog from 2400 articles to 2199 articles in July. This is a new month-end record low for the backlog. Nice work, everyone! Blitz: The August blitz will run from August 24–30. The blitz will focus on articles from the GOCE's Requests page. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. The blitz will run from August 24–30. Sign up here! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:10, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Candidate nominations for Guild coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015, are currently underway. The nomination period will close at 23:59 on December 15 (UTC), after which voting will commence until 23:59 on December 31, 2014. Self-nominations are welcomed. Please consider getting involved; it's your Guild and it won't coordinate itself, so if you'd like to help coordinate Guild activities we'd love to hear from you. Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. Message sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2014 Newsletter Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in November's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 43 people who signed up for this drive, 26 copy edited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The November Drive removed 26 requests from the Requests page and 509 articles from the {{copy edit}} backlog. We copy edited 83 articles tagged in the target months; July, August, and September 2013. Together with tag removals from articles unsuitable for copy editing, we eliminated July 2013 from the backlog and reduced August and September's tags to 61 and 70 respectively. As of 01:01, 1 December 2014 (UTC), the backlog stood at 1,974 articles, dipping below 2,000 for the first time in the Guild's history (see graph at right). Well done everyone! Blitz: The December Blitz will run from December 14–20 and will focus on articles related to Religion, in recognition of this month's religious holidays in much of the English-speaking world. Awards will be given out to everyone who copy edits at least one of the target articles. Sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from 1 January to 30 June 2015 is now underway. Candidates can nominate themselves or others from December 01, 00:01 (UTC), until December 15, 23:59. The voting period will run from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. You can read about coordinators' duties here. Please consider getting involved and remember to cast you vote—it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Thank you all once again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve anything without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors Late December 2014 Newsletter Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the December Blitz. Of the 14 editors who signed up for the blitz, 11 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. January drive: The January backlog-reduction drive is just around the corner; sign up here! Election time again: The election of coordinators to serve from January 1 to June 30, 2015 is now underway. The voting period runs from December 16, 00:01 (UTC), until December 31, 23:59. Please cast your vote—it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Happy holidays from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978 and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2014 Annual Report Our 2014 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Review the election results; Membership news; Changes around the Guild's pages; Plans for 2015. – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2015 Newsletter Drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. Of the 38 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were able to remove August 2013 from the general copyediting backlog and November 2014 from the request-page backlog. Many thanks, everyone! Blitz: The February Blitz will run from February 15–21 and again focuses on the requests page. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one request article. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2015 Newsletter Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 21 people who signed up, eight copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: The blitz removed 16 articles from the requests list, and we're almost done with December 2014. Many thanks, everyone! Drive: The month-long March drive begins in about a week. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors April 2015 Newsletter March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 19–25. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in December 2013, January and February 2014 and all request articles, begins soon. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2015 News May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 38 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, and we got within 50 articles of our all-time low in the backlog. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Coordinator elections: Nominations are open through June 15 for GOCE coordinators, with voting from June 16–30. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Biblioworm and Philg88. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors August 2015 Newsletter July drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 24 people who signed up, 17 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. August blitz: The one-week April blitz, targeting biographical articles that have been tagged for copy editing for over a year, will run from August 16–22. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the article list on the blitz page. Sign up here! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis, and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors October 2015 Newsletter September drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 25 editors who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. October blitz: The one-week October blitz, targeting requests, has just concluded. Of the nine editors who signed up, seven copyedited at least one request; check your talk page for your barnstar! The month-long November drive, focusing on our oldest backlog articles (June, July, and August 2014) and the October requests, is just around the corner. Hope to see you there! Thanks again for your support; together, we can improve the encyclopedia! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, KieranTribe, Miniapolis and Pax85. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; New record lows in the article backlog and on the Requests page; Coordinator election results; Membership news; Changes around the Guild's pages; Plans for 2016. – Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by Jonesey95 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors April 2016 Newsletter March drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's backlog-reduction drive. Of the 28 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April blitz: The one-week April blitz, again targeting our long requests list, will run from April 17–23. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the requests page. Sign up here! May drive: The month-long May backlog-reduction drive, with extra credit for articles tagged in March, April, and May 2015, and all request articles, begins May 1. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis, and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2016 News Hello everyone, welcome to the June 2016 GOCE newsletter. It's been a few months since we sent one out; we hope y'all haven't forgotten about the Guild! Your coordinators have been busy behind the scenes as usual, though real life has a habit of reducing our personal wiki-time. The May backlog reduction drive, the usual coordinating tasks and preparations for the June election are keeping us on our toes! May drive: Thanks to everyone who participated in last month's record-setting backlog reduction drive. Of the 29 people who signed up, 16 copyedited at least one article, 197 copyedits were recorded on the drive page, and the copyedit backlog fell below 1,500 for the first time! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz will occur from 12 June through 18 June; the themes will be video games and Asian geography. Coordinator elections: It's election time again; how quickly they seem to roll around! Nominations for the next tranche of Guild coordinators, who will serve a six-month term that begins at 00:01 UTC on 1 July and ends at 23:59 UTC on 31 December, opens at 00:01 UTC on 1 June and closes at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. Voting takes place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. If you'd like to assist behind the scenes, please consider stepping forward; self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; remember it's your Guild, and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors July 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the July 2016 GOCE newsletter. June Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 12 through 18 June; the themes were video games and Asian geography. Of the 18 editors who signed up, 11 removed 47 articles from the backlog. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Coordinator elections: The second tranche of Guild coordinators for 2016, who will serve a six-month term until 23:59 UTC on 31 December, have been elected. Jonesey95 remains as your drama-free Lead Coordinator, and Corinne and Tdslk are your new assistant coordinators. For her long service to the Guild, Miniapolis has been enrolled in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Thanks to everyone who voted in the election; our next scheduled one occurs in December 2016. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible; self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. July Drive: Our month-long July Copy Editing Backlog Elimination Drive is now underway. Our aim is to remove articles tagged for copy-edit in April, May and June 2015, and to complete all requests on the GOCE Requests page from June 2016. The drive ends at 23:59 on 31 July 2016 (UTC). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. >>> Sign up for the July Drive! <<<

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2016 GOCE newsletter. >>> Sign up for the September Drive, already in progress! <<< July Drive: The July drive was a roaring success. We set out to remove April, May, and June 2015 from our backlog (our 149 oldest articles), and by 23 July, we were done with those months. We added July 2015 (66 articles) and copy-edited 37 of those. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from June 2016. Well done! Overall, we recorded copy edits to 240 articles by 20 editors, reducing our total backlog to 13 months and 1,656 articles, the second-lowest month-end total ever. August Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 21 through 27 August; the theme was sports-related articles in honor of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Of the eight editors who signed up, five editors removed 11 articles from the backlog. A quiet blitz – everyone must be on vacation. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdlsk. >>> Sign up for the September Drive! <<<

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<< Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December Blitz! <<<

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter! >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part. January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words). February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive. Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated! Speaking of coordinators, congratulations to Jonesey95 on their well-deserved induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone." Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Miniapolis, Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen. >>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator Elections! <<< Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.) April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words). May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated! July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words). September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words). October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words). November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words). 2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Keira1996. >>> Sign up for the January Drive! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator Elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2018 News Welcome to the February 2018 GOCE newsletter in which you will find Guild updates since the December edition. We got to a great start for the year, holding the backlog at nine months. 100 requests were submitted in the first 6 weeks of the year and were swiftly handled with an average completion time of 9 days. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< Coordinator elections: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2018 were elected. Jonesey95 remained as lead coordinator and Corrine, Miniapolis and Tdslk as assistant coordinators. Keira1996 stepped down as assistant coordinator and was replaced by Reidgreg. Thanks to all who participated! End of year reports were prepared for 2016 and 2017, providing a detailed look at the Guild's long-term progress. January drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2017 from our backlog and all December 2017 Requests (a total of 275 articles). As with previous years, the January drive was an outstanding success and by the end of the month all but 57 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 38 who signed up, 21 editors recorded 259 copy edits (490,256 words). February blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 February, focusing on Requests and the last articles tagged in May 2017. At the end of the week there were only 14 pending requests, with none older than 20 days. Of the 11 who signed up, 10 editors completed 35 copy edits (98,538 words). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Reidgreg. >>> Sign up for the March Drive! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2018 News Welcome to the June 2018 GOCE newsletter, in which you will find Guild updates since the February edition. Progress continues to be made on the copyediting backlog, which has been reduced to 7 months and reached a new all-time low. Requests continue to be handled efficiently this year, with 272 completed by the end of May (an average completion time of 10.5 days). Fewer than 10% of these waited longer than 20 days, and the longest wait time was 29 days. Wikipedia in general, and the Guild in particular, experienced a deep loss with the death on 20 March of Corinne. Corinne (a GOCE coordinator since 1 July 2016) was a tireless aide on the requests page, and her peerless copyediting is a part of innumerable GAs and FAs. Her good cheer, courtesy and tact are very much missed. March drive: The goal was to remove June, July and August 2017 from our backlog and all February 2018 Requests (a total of 219 articles). This drive was an outstanding success, and by the end of the month all but eight of these articles were cleared. Of the 33 editors who signed up, 19 recorded 277 copy edits (425,758 words). April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 15 through 21 April, focusing on Requests and the last eight articles tagged in August 2017. At the end of the week there were only 17 pending requests, with none older than 17 days. Of the nine editors who signed up, eight editors completed 22 copy edits (62,412 words). May drive: We set out to remove September, October and November 2017 from our backlog and all April 2018 Requests (a total of 298 articles). There was great success this month with the backlog more than halved from 1,449 articles at the beginning of the month to a record low of 716 articles. Officially, of the 20 who signed up, 15 editors recorded 151 copy edits (248,813 words). Coordinator elections: It's election time again. Nominations for Guild coordinators (who will serve a six-month term for the second half of 2018) have begun, and will close at 23:59 UTC on 15 June. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are eligible, and self-nominations are encouraged. Voting will take place between 00:01 UTC on 16 June and 23:59 UTC on 30 June. June blitz: Stay tuned for this one-week copy-editing blitz, which will take place in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Corinne, Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Reidgreg and Tdslk. >>> Participate in the June elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild's June election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part. Our June blitz focused on Requests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thanks to everyone who participated in the July drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are here. The August blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the August blitz! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits. For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits. Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits. For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles. The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now! Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2018 Annual Report Our 2018 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress; Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2019. – Your project coordinators: Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles. March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2019. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 16 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: Our June blitz will soon be upon us; it will begin at 00:01 on 16 June (UTC) and will close at 23:59 on 22 June (UTC). The themes are "nature and the environment" and all requests. March Drive: Thanks to everyone for their work in March's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from 182 of the articles tagged in our original target months October and November 2018, and the month finished with 64 target articles remaining from November and 811 in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 22 requests for copyedit in March; the month ended with 34 requests pending. Of the 32 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the April Blitz; the blitz ran from 14 to 20 April (UTC) inclusive and the themes were Sports and Entertainment. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 04:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 267 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 605 articles. May Drive: During the May Backlog Elimination Drive, Guild copy-editors removed copyedit tags from 191 of the 192 articles tagged in our original target months of November and December 2018, and January 2019 was added on 22 May. We finished the month with 81 target articles remaining and a record low of 598 articles in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 24 requests for copyedit during the May drive, and the month ended with 35 requests pending. Of the 26 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019. June election: Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated! June Blitz: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with requests. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of 585 articles while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585. Requests page: We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion on REQ Talk (permalinked) initiated by Bobbychan193 has resulted in Zhuyifei1999 writing a bot script for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason, no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over. We will then assess the bot's performance and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent. September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January. Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!); Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Automated archiving of requests; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2020. – Your Guild coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here. March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now! Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC. Current events Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests. Drive and blitz reports March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020. Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated! Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now. Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive. October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz. November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests. Other news Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above). Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.